Sustainability and Environment
Biofuel Flights Take Dignitaries to UN Conference
Biofuel flights transported government dignitaries to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development.
Biofuel made from sugar cane helped power an Azul Embraer E195 from Campinas to Rio de Janeiro. (Photo: Embraer)
Biofuel made from sugar cane helped power an Azul Embraer E195 from Campinas to Rio de Janeiro. (Photo: Embraer)

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) served as an ideal destination this week for a series of biofuel demonstration flights that transported, among others, ICAO secretary general Raymond Benjamin to Rio de Janeiro for the sessions.